This page is my running tally of which countries I’ve visited.
As of March 2023, I’ve visited 55 countries and 30 US states!
Country totals
I’ve broken it down by region, and will add links as I post those sections of this Visit50 travel blog.
Total countries visited = 54 (plus HK, Macau, Puerto Rico)
By region:
- Asia [12]: Cambodia (’10-11), Malaysia, Indonesia,Philippines, Brunei, Vietnam, Singapore, Thailand, Laos, Japan, China (incl HK & Macau), Taiwan (’09-10)
- Middle East [2]: Jordan, Bahrain
- Europe [21]: Monaco (2022), Netherlands (’19), Italy (’19), Iceland (’18), Spain (’17), Portugal (’16), Sweden (’15), Finland (’15), Estonia (’15), Latvia (’15), Lithuania (’15), Poland (’15), Czech Republic (’15), Germany (’15), Greece (’15), Hungary (’15), Denmark (’12), Croatia (’09), Bosnia and Herzegovina (’09), Slovenia (’09), France (’07, ’22).
- North America (mainland) [3]: USA (home!), Canada (1998), Mexico (’01, ’05, ’07, ’09, ’17)
- Caribbean [8]: Antigua & Barbuda (’20), British Virgin Islands (’18-19), Turks & Caicos (’13 & ’15), Barbados (’10), Bahamas (’08), Dominican Republic (’12, ’05), Cayman Islands (2001), Jamaica (’01, ’07),
- Central America [6]: Belize (’16-17, ’06), Nicaragua (’13), Panama (’13), Honduras (’14), Guatemala (’06), Costa Rica (’04, ’23),
- South America [2]: Colombia (’14), Peru (’08)
- Oceania [1]: Australia (’00)
- Africa: none…yet!
(I’m still adding posts for each – so much more to share!)
Total states = 30
(plus Wash DC and Puerto Rico, both of which should be US states)
- Arizona (’23)
- California
- Colorado (’92?, ’17)
- Connecticut
- Delaware (’05)
- Florida
- Georgia (’05, ’14?)
- Hawaii (’22)
- Illinois (’05,’09)
- Indiana (’12, ’13, ’14)
- Iowa (’06)
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts (’97?,’98,’01-04,’08,’09,’21,’23)
- Michigan (’01)
- Missouri
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New York
- North Carolina
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island (’05, ’07, ’21)
- South Carolina
- Texas
- Utah (’14)
- Vermont (’05, ’12-16)
- Virginia (’00, ’16-18)
- Wyoming (’06)
States not Visited yet:
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arkansas
- Idaho
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Montana
- Nebraska
- New Mexico
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
Notes:
While I’ve been to Washington DC, it’s not a state and was not counted in the total. It has a higher population than Vermont and Wyoming so I’d argue they should change that.
Puerto Rico is a U.S. territory, and thus is currently neither a state nor a country for this game. It has a higher population than 21 US States (not a typo – see full list here), and I’d argue we should change this, but that’s a very political debate. I’ve also been to St Thomas in the US Virgin Islands too.
What counts as a country?
This is actually very debatable. It’s so debatable that I’ve written a whole post on this! For more on what counts as a country for the 50 and 50 by 50 travel challenge, read on to here.
I’ve visited Hong Kong*and Macau* but are counting them as part of mainland China, which I’ve also visited.
* Taiwan is a separate country from mainland China for this list. This has certainly raised some debate amongst followers of this blog, (primarily with my friends that live in mainland China) and I welcome you to continue it in the comments. I understand that not everyone may agree on this.
How many countries are there?
There’s roughly 200 countries in the world. This comes from the 193 UN member countries in the world, and 2 “UN observers” (the Vatican and Palestine). There are 3 additional countries that are recognized by a fair number of the 195 above (Taiwan, Kosovo, Western Sahara), so let’s include them as well.
I’ve counted Hong Kong and Macau as part of China. Many travelers count them separately, since they have drastically different laws, immigration policies, and their own land, so I’ve always been torn on counting HK and Macau as countries. They’re technically and legally part of China, so I’ve included them as one country in my count. Do you agree?
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so overly jealous….how are you able to do this??? Really – share your secret! And keep it up, you’re going to crush your goal.
Hello! I just would like to give a huge thumbs up for the good data you have got here on this post.
I can be coming back to your weblog for more soon.
thanks Kellie! little by little. My most recent visits were Colombia, Honduras, and Turks & Caicos. Hope to write about them shortly – enjoy the adventure!
Time to hit Europe, dude! One Eurail pass and you’ll get your count up a ton. (Ohh, and Europe is pretty nice as well.)
Thanks Gabe! Europe’s on my list! I’ve been to a few countries (Denmark, France, Croatia, Bosnia, Slovenia) but there’s so much more to visit!
Greetings from Hong Kong – definitely a dilemma on what trip to plan for my fall break… So much to see!
how was your trip JP?
So I’ve got 5 years to catch you! A new goal, we’ll see if I make it. So far I’ve got a long ways to go! Thanks for the inspiration
you can do it Gina!
Great traveling! I try not counting because for me experiences are worth more than numbers/checked boxes. But it is still cool to see your country number increase!
I agree – it’s less about the counting, and more about pushing yourself to get new experiences. The spirit of it is to get slightly outside your comfort zone and experience something new!
This is amazing! I look forward to seeing more of your adventures!
thanks so much!